HALIFAX, NS / ACCESSWIRE / August 9, 2022 / Meta Materials Inc. (the "Company" or "META®") (NASDAQ:MMAT), (FSE:MMAT), a developer of high-performance functional materials and nanocomposites, today announced second quarter FY 2022 results. Please visit the Investors section of our website to view the Q2 2022 Shareholder Letter. The Company will host a webcast on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 8:00 AM EDT.
The Q2 2022 financial statements and associated management discussion and analysis for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 are available on the Investors section of our website as well as on Nasdaq.com, or on the SEC EDGAR website at www.sec.gov.
In Q2:22, total revenue grew 432% Y/Y, to $3,323,727, compared to $624,320 in Q2:21, and 12% Q/Q, vs. $2,974,695 in Q1:22. For H1:22, total revenue increased by 416% Y/Y, to $6,298,422, vs. $1,220,623 in H1:21. The Q2:22 net loss was $20,982,758, or 7c per share on 301,488,660 weighted average shares, compared to the Q2:21 net loss of $5,883,303, or 3c per share on 197,911,144 weighted average shares, and the Q1:22 net loss of $18,434,541, or $0.06 per share on 285,224,469 weighted average shares. For H1:22, the net loss was $39,417,299, or 13c per share on 293,481,943 weighted average shares, compared to a H1:21 net loss of $50,041,822 (which included a $40,540,091 non-cash loss on financial instruments), or 27c per share on 183,485,933 weighted average shares.
Net cash used in operating activities during the quarter ended June 30, 2022, was $10,257,419, compared to $18,745,199 cash used in Q1:22. In Q2:22, capital expenditures for purchases of property, plant and equipment were $7,224,499, and the Company invested $3,486,906 in the Optodot acquisition. As of June 30, 2022, cash and cash equivalents totaled approximately $55.3 million, including about $0.5 million in restricted cash. The Company has no debt, except for approximately $3.2 million in various interest-free loans from ACOA (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), and common shares outstanding were 360,810,014.
Webcast Details:
Date: August 10, 2022
Time: 8:00 AM EDT / 5:00 AM PDT
To register, please use the link below:
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About Meta Materials Inc.
META® delivers previously unachievable performance, across a range of applications, by inventing, designing, developing, and manufacturing sustainable, highly functional materials. Our extensive technology platform enables leading global brands to deliver breakthrough products to their customers in consumer electronics, 5G communications, health and wellness, aerospace, automotive, and clean energy. Our nano-optic technology provides anti-counterfeiting security features for government documents and currencies and authentication for brands. Our achievements have been widely recognized, including being named a Lux Research Innovator of the Year in 2021. Learn more at www.metamaterial.com.
META MATERIALS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
Assets | As of June 30, 2022 | As of December 31, 2021 | ||||||
Current assets | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 53,576,437 | $ | 46,645,704 | ||||
Restricted cash | 463,909 | 788,768 | ||||||
Short-term investments | 1,253,782 | 2,875,638 | ||||||
Grants receivable | 48,882 | 175,780 | ||||||
Accounts receivable | 1,703,732 | 1,665,700 | ||||||
Inventory | 294,852 | 265,718 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 4,102,783 | 3,451,367 | ||||||
Assets held for sale | 71,700,000 | 75,500,000 | ||||||
Due from related parties | 9,527 | 10,657 | ||||||
Total current assets | 133,153,904 | 131,379,332 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 54,145,467 | 28,971,824 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 33,707,147 | 27,018,114 | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 5,839,481 | 6,278,547 | ||||||
Goodwill | 281,529,180 | 240,376,634 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 508,375,179 | $ | 434,024,451 | ||||
Liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit) | ||||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||
Trade and other payables | 11,454,381 | 13,335,470 | ||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 976,393 | 491,278 | ||||||
Current portion of deferred revenues | 675,591 | 779,732 | ||||||
Current portion of deferred government assistance | 832,946 | 846,612 | ||||||
Preferred stock liability | 71,700,000 | 75,500,000 | ||||||
Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 836,683 | 663,861 | ||||||
Asset retirement obligations | 21,937 | 21,937 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 86,497,931 | 91,638,890 | ||||||
Deferred revenues | 554,739 | 637,008 | ||||||
Deferred government assistance | - | 3,038 | ||||||
Deferred tax liability | 210,207 | 324,479 | ||||||
Long-term operating lease liabilities | 3,445,167 | 3,706,774 | ||||||
Funding obligation | 291,034 | 268,976 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 2,250,969 | 2,737,171 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 93,250,047 | 99,316,336 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity (deficit) | ||||||||
| Common stock - $0.001 par value; 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 360,810,014 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022, and $.001 par value; unlimited shares authorized, 284,573,316 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 | 338,987 | 262,751 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 585,045,778 | 463,136,404 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (2,448,230 | ) | (296,936 | ) | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (167,811,403 | ) | (128,394,104 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders' equity | 415,125,132 | 334,708,115 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 508,375,179 | $ | 434,024,451 | ||||
META MATERIALS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (UNAUDITED)
| Three months ended | Six months ended | |||||||||||||||
| June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||
Revenue | ||||||||||||||||
Product sales | 334,113 | 1,953 | 502,240 | 24,000 | ||||||||||||
Development revenue | 2,989,614 | 622,367 | 5,796,182 | 1,196,623 | ||||||||||||
Total Revenue | 3,323,727 | 624,320 | 6,298,422 | 1,220,623 | ||||||||||||
Cost of goods sold | 877,951 | 706 | 1,656,663 | 1,106 | ||||||||||||
Gross Profit | 2,445,776 | 623,614 | 4,641,759 | 1,219,517 | ||||||||||||
Operating Expenses | ||||||||||||||||
Selling & Marketing | 1,127,079 | 298,871 | 2,163,065 | 695,465 | ||||||||||||
General & Administrative | 14,469,879 | 3,847,278 | 29,067,792 | 6,440,162 | ||||||||||||
Research & Development | 6,490,800 | 1,633,653 | 10,461,939 | 3,412,909 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 22,087,758 | 5,779,802 | 41,692,796 | 10,548,536 | ||||||||||||
Loss from operations | (19,641,982 | ) | (5,156,188 | ) | (37,051,037 | ) | (9,329,019 | ) | ||||||||
Other income (expense) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | (142,055 | ) | (427,809 | ) | (306,489 | ) | (878,717 | ) | ||||||||
Loss on foreign exchange, net | (971,713 | ) | (163,941 | ) | (823,322 | ) | (330,385 | ) | ||||||||
Loss on financial instruments, net | - | (535,170 | ) | - | (40,540,091 | ) | ||||||||||
Other (loss) income, net | (336,993 | ) | 341,958 | (1,346,436 | ) | 933,864 | ||||||||||
Total other expense, net | (1,450,761 | ) | (784,962 | ) | (2,476,247 | ) | (40,815,329 | ) | ||||||||
Loss before income taxes | (21,092,743 | ) | (5,941,150 | ) | (39,527,284 | ) | (50,144,348 | ) | ||||||||
Income tax recovery | 109,985 | 57,847 | 109,985 | 102,526 | ||||||||||||
Net loss | (20,982,758 | ) | (5,883,303 | ) | (39,417,299 | ) | (50,041,822 | ) | ||||||||
| Other Comprehensive Income net of tax | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation (loss) gain | (3,056,676 | ) | 87,087 | (2,151,294 | ) | 108,648 | ||||||||||
Fair value gain on changes of own credit risk | - | 9,011 | - | 680,178 | ||||||||||||
Total Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income | (3,056,676 | ) | 96,098 | (2,151,294 | ) | 788,826 | ||||||||||
Comprehensive loss | (24,039,434 | ) | (5,787,205 | ) | (41,568,593 | ) | (49,252,996 | ) | ||||||||
Basic and diluted loss per share | (0.07 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (0.13 | ) | (0.27 | ) | ||||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic and diluted | 301,488,660 | 197,911,144 | 293,481,943 | 183,485,933 | ||||||||||||
META MATERIALS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
| Six months ended | ||||||||
| June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2021 | |||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
Net loss | (39,417,299 | ) | (50,041,822 | ) | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
Non-cash finance income | (12,920 | ) | - | |||||
Non-cash interest expense | 273,554 | 742,174 | ||||||
Non-cash lease expense | 488,299 | 160,437 | ||||||
Deferred income tax | (109,985 | ) | (102,526 | ) | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | 3,494,163 | 1,173,884 | ||||||
Unrealized foreign currency exchange loss | 913,101 | 230,837 | ||||||
Loss on financial instruments, net | - | 40,540,091 | ||||||
| (165,466 | ) | 18,302 | ||||||
Non-cash government assistance | (3,047 | ) | (472,499 | ) | ||||
Loss on debt settlement | - | 19,253 | ||||||
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment | (783 | ) | ||||||
Stock-based compensation | 7,623,207 | 651,718 | ||||||
Non-cash consulting expense | 445,664 | 713,919 | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | (2,531,889 | ) | 758,381 | |||||
Net cash used in operating activities | (29,003,401 | ) | (5,607,851 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||
Purchases of intangible assets | - | (274,579 | ) | |||||
Purchases of property, plant and equipment | (8,971,435 | ) | (3,040,296 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | 39,140 | |||||||
Proceeds from short-term investments | 1,620,281 | |||||||
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired | (3,486,906 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from reverse takeover | - | 146,954,733 | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (10,798,920 | ) | 143,639,858 | |||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock and warrants | 50,000,000 | |||||||
Costs paid on the issuance of common stock and warrants | (3,680,666 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from long-term debt | - | 1,127,151 | ||||||
Repayments of long-term debt | (182,295 | ) | (53,331 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from government grants | - | 223,384 | ||||||
Proceeds from unsecured promissory notes | - | 13,963,386 | ||||||
Proceeds from stock option exercises | 305,320 | 113,155 | ||||||
Proceeds from warrants exercises | 169,574 | 93,993 | ||||||
Proceeds from broker warrants exercises | 16,255 | |||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 46,611,933 | 15,483,993 | ||||||
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 6,809,612 | 153,516,000 | ||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the period | 47,434,472 | 1,395,683 | ||||||
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (203,738 | ) | 156,367 | |||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period | 54,040,346 | 155,068,050 | ||||||
Supplemental cash flow information | ||||||||
Accrued purchases of property, equipment, and patents | 1,604,903 | 297,345 | ||||||
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities | 142,378 | 1,730,743 | ||||||
| Right-of-use assets and prepaid expenses recognized in exchange for common stock | ||||||||
Settlement of liabilities in common stock | - | 52,063,432 | ||||||
Interest paid on debt | - | 64,528 | ||||||
Forward Looking Information
This press release includes forward-looking information or statements within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding the Company, which may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the business strategies, product development, expansion plans and operational activities of the Company . Often but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "pursuing", "potential", "predicts", "projects", "seeks", "plans", "expect", "intends", "anticipated", "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "should", "would" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Such statements are based on the current expectations and views of future events of the management of the Company and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Although the management of the Company believes that the assumptions underlying these statements are reasonable, they may prove to be incorrect. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting the Company, the capabilities of our facilities and the expansion thereof, research and development projects of the Company, the market potential of the products of the Company , the market position of the Company, the need to raise more capital and the ability to do so, the scalability of the Company's production ability, capacity for new customer engagements, material selection programs timeframes, the ability to reduce production costs, enhance metamaterials manufacturing capabilities and extend market reach into new applications and industries, the ability to accelerate commercialization plans, the possibility of new customer contracts, the continued engagement of our employees, the technology industry, market strategic and operational activities, and management's ability to manage and to operate the business. More details about these and other risks that may impact the Company's businesses are described under the heading "Forward-Looking Information" and under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2022, with an SEC filing date of March 2, in the Company's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 9, 2022, and in subsequent filings made by Meta Materials with the SEC, which are available on SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements or information. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Except as required by applicable securities laws, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except to the extent required by law.
Media Inquiries
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Meta Materials Inc.
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Senior Vice President
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Email: ir@metamaterial.com
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